U.S. Credit Unions Turn 100: A Recreation of America's First Credit Union

On Nov. 24, 1908, America's first credit union accepted its first deposits. One-hundred years later, on Nov. 24, 2008, in the same office, Credit Union Journal, along with CO-OP Financial Services and that first CU, St. Mary's Bank, re-created the chartering of a Caisse Populaire Ste. Marie, or St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association, and its first transaction. Click on any of the attached videos for this entertaining and informative reminder of the roots of credit unions in the United States.

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